Security forces killed four terrorists in two separate intelligence-based operations in KP, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. The ISPR said that the four terrorists killed during the operations belonged to Fitna Al Khawarij, referring to the term used by the state to designate members of the banned TTP. “On [the] reported presence of […]
PM vows to expand economic ties with Saudi Arabia
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that Pakistan was keen to elevate its economic ties with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia into a mutually beneficial economic partnership. He was talking to a high powered Saudi business delegation which called on him at the PM House. Welcoming the Saudi delegation to Pakistan the prime minister […]
US House approves resolution to end war as Rubio insists Epic Fury is over
The Republican-led US House voted 215-208 on Wednesday to approve a war-powers resolution requiring President Donald Trump to withdraw US forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress authorises the conflict or declares war, a rare bipartisan rebuke as four Republicans joined Democrats against a campaign entering its fourth month. The measure still faces the Senate […]
‘High courts are independent, not subordinate to SC or FCC’
The Federal Constitutional Court has ruled in a significant judgment that the country’s high courts are neither subordinate to the Supreme Court nor to the Federal Constitutional Court, emphasizing that each high court enjoys the status of an independent constitutional court and that its judicial and administrative powers cannot be subjected to unnecessary interference. According […]
What Germany’s UNSC Defeat Revealed
The most revealing votes at the United Nations are often the ones cast in silence. When the General Assembly convened on June 3 in New York to elect the next slate of non?permanent members to the Security Council, there was no dramatic denunciation of Berlin, no public reprimand, no veto and no visible rupture. However, […]
The GB Electoral Calculus
There is something quietly instructive about the way elections unfold in Gilgit-Baltistan. Away from the roaring rallies and televised debates, the political conversation here tends to circle back to a simple, grounded question: who can actually make a difference to daily life? Decades of voting patterns suggest that the answer is shaped less by ideology […]
Right to Choose
The Sindh High Court’s order directing protection for Hassan Buriro and Sidra Channa will be remembered less as relief for one newly married couple than as an indictment of a social order in which consent can still invite collective punishment. The couple approached the court after contracting a marriage of their own choice. Their relatives, […]
Lebanon Ceasefire
The latest US-brokered framework for Lebanon is less a peace plan than an attempt to restore the logic of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 under wartime pressure. Israel and Lebanon have said they are prepared to move towards a conditional ceasefire built around two familiar requirements: Hezbollah would halt its fire and withdraw from the […]
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The AI Arms Race Runs on Electricity, Not Algorithms (Part I)
The world has spent the last few years obsessing over artificial intelligence. Headlines have been dominated by breakthroughs in large language models, increasingly sophisticated chatbots, autonomous systems, and the race among technology giants to build ever more powerful AI platforms. Governments are drafting AI strategies, investors are pouring billions into AI startups, and corporate executives […]